mccain and hagel are former colleagues and previousy rifles until he was nominated for the cabinet spot. mccain opposed hagel because of his opposite to former president bush and his opposite to the irish war. >>> this holiday weekend will be a white one in the sierras. we'll take you to where skiers and snowboarders are enjoying the show. >>> counting down to sequestration and why some lawmakers say those cuts are all, but certain. >>> and what would you do? how this mother reacted to a stranger on a plane slapping her plan. >>> you can watch all of our newscasts live and get bay area weather and video of breaking news anytime, anywhere. . >>> the latest snowstorm is wining down in the northeast, but high winds continue to blow snow over roads and around buildings. she's are shots from boston where the snow tapered off by mid-afternoon. today's storm added about 5" of new snow on top of that snow from the blizzard last week. it's been a relatively dry ski season in the salem-keizer, but that doesn't stop skiers and snowboarders going to the mountains this holiday weekend weekend. >> re